However, Harris has battled a toe injury on his left foot for much of the season. The gruesome-looking digit cost him 22 games this season. Along the way there were numerous methods of orthotics, pads, wraps, tape and postgame treatment — almost anything — used to help get Harris on the court. Finally it was discovered that injections of platelet-rich plasma enabled the former All-Star to return to the form the Hawks envisioned when they traded for him in offseason.

Feeling the effects of a recent second injection, Harris is back to the speedy, quick-cutting, hard driving, outside threat of a player who could be the X-factor in the Hawks’ first-round playoff matchup against the Pacers, which begins Sunday.